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Constitution of May 3, 1791
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/Constitution_of_May_3,_1791
GPTKB entity
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Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:constitutional_law
gptkbp:abolished
1792-07-23
gptkbp:adoptedBy
gptkb:Great_Sejm
1791-05-03
gptkbp:author
gptkb:Hugo_Kołłątaj
gptkb:Stanisław_August_Poniatowski
gptkb:Ignacy_Potocki
gptkbp:commemoratedBy
gptkb:Polish_Constitution_Day
May 3
gptkbp:country
gptkb:Lithuania
gptkb:Poland
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
Constitution of May 3, 1791
gptkbp:influencedBy
gptkb:Constitution_of_the_United_States
gptkb:Enlightenment
gptkbp:language
gptkb:French
gptkb:Latin
Polish
gptkbp:locationAdopted
gptkb:Warsaw
gptkbp:precededBy
gptkb:Henrician_Articles
gptkbp:purpose
limit the power of the nobility
establish a constitutional monarchy
protect peasants and townspeople
strengthen the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
gptkbp:relatedEvent
gptkb:Partitions_of_Poland
gptkbp:replacedBy
gptkb:Targowica_Confederation
gptkbp:significance
first modern constitution in Europe
second modern constitution in the world
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Constitution_of_Poland
gptkb:Pacta_Conventa
gptkbp:bfsLayer
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